Update: The Defensive Security Strategy

September 9, 2021
By in Application Security Assessment, Leadership, Mobile Security Assessment, Penetration Testing, Security Program Assessment, Security Program Management, Security Remediation, Security Testing & Analysis, Social Engineering, Table-Top Exercises, Vulnerability Assessment

Original post:  https://www.trustedsec.com/blog/the-defensive-security-strategy-what-strategy/ Massive exposures and attacks, such as recent SolarWinds and Exchange exploit issues, have been common news lately. While the security landscape has advanced and changed, these massive exposures are continuing to occur. The question is why, and how, are they occurring? While common issues are often leveraged, the mentality around them is…

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Is Cyber Insurance Becoming Worthless?

August 17, 2021
By in Decision Making, Incident Response, Incident Response & Forensics, Leadership, Remediation Assistance & Training, Security Remediation

New challenges have emerged that make it difficult to transfer risk. Ransomware has changed the game An overlooked yet the increasingly important challenge in information risk management is finding the right balance between cybersecurity and cyber insurance. We continue to see organizations hit with ransomware from a variety of vectors, including spam emails, drive-by downloads,…

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Microsoft MVP Awards 2020

July 2, 2020
By in Leadership

Who are MVPs? According to Microsoft, “Most Valuable Professionals, or MVPs, are technology experts who passionately share their knowledge with the community.” For more information on this award, visit the Microsoft MVP Overview page. Two members of the TrustedSec team are celebrating being recipients of the award from Microsoft—and both have received the honor in…

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From the Desk of the CEO: Remote Security Testing vs. On-Site Testing—Understanding the Difference

March 19, 2020
By in Leadership

With the COVID-19 pandemic underway, we’ve all had to adjust in ways we would have never imagined. Talking with peers in the industry, having to stand up a complete remote workforce overnight has been both challenging and rewarding. While there are bound to be hiccups and lapses in security, the ability for organizations to be…

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From the Desk of the CEO: Securing the Future – Junior and Internship Programs

January 16, 2020
By in Career Development, Leadership

When TrustedSec first started, the vision was to build a team of amazing individuals that were passionate, dedicated, and focused on helping organizations fix the issues they face in cybersecurity. While we may have accomplished this, there’s always more to do. At TrustedSec, our mission to contribute to the industry and community has always remained…

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A Message of Support: Coalfire Consultants Charged

October 30, 2019
By in Leadership, Physical Security

If you haven’t been following recent news, two Coalfire employees, Gary DeMercurio and Justin Wynn, were performing a Physical Penetration Test against a Judicial Branch Building, the Dallas County Courthouse in the state of Iowa. The two employees were engaged by the Iowa State Judicial Branch to conduct the Physical Penetration Test, which is an…

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Microsoft MVP Awards 2019

July 2, 2019
By in Leadership

Who are MVPs? Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals, or MVPs, are technology experts who passionately share their knowledge with the community. For more information on this award, visit the Microsoft MVP Overview page. According to Microsoft, MVPs “are always on the ‘bleeding edge’ and have an unstoppable urge to get their hands on new, exciting technologies.”…

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A TrustedSec Internship

February 5, 2019
By in Career Development, Leadership

Every college student has a worry of not being able to find an internship for the summer. An internship can provide real world experience and perspective into a field that interests you, but it can be exceptionally difficult to find the right internship that will ultimately pave a path to finding a job after college….

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DerbyCon 8.0 EVOLUTION TrustedSec Talks

October 8, 2018
By in Leadership

TrustedSec 2018 Speaker Line-Up Watch the recordings of all our consultants’ talks here: Oddvar Moe Carlos Perez Jason Lang David Boyd Adam Compton Founder and CEO David Kennedy also moderated the Keynote and was on the Opening and Closing Ceremony panels here: Keynote Ceremonies   A proud Platinum sponsor of DerbyCon. Thank you for another amazing…

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DerbyTV

November 28, 2017
By in Leadership

This blog post isn’t directly information security related per se, but is technical in nature, so it should appeal to the geek in most of us. When Dave posted pictures of the gear being used to stream the Track talks within the Hyatt at DerbyCon this year, there was a fair amount of interest in…

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